Editing Sam Warner (section)

{{short description|American film studio executive (1887–1927)}}
{{for multi|the United States Copyright Office official|Sam Bass Warner|the American congressman|Samuel L. Warner}}
{{Infobox person
| name                  = Sam Warner
| image                 = Warner, Sam.jpg
| caption               =
| birth_name            = Szmuel Wonsal
| birth_date            = {{Birth date|1887|08|10}}
| birth_place           = [[Krasnosielc]], [[Congress Poland]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date            = {{Death date and age|1927|10|05|1887|08|10}}
| death_place           = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| resting_place         = [[Home of Peace Cemetery (East Los Angeles)|Home of Peace Cemetery]]
| other_names           = S.L. Warner<br />Samuel L. Warner 
| occupation            = Film executive<br />Co-founder of [[Warner Bros.]]
| years_active          = 1907–1927
| spouse                = {{marriage|[[Lina Basquette]]|1925}}
| children              = 1
| relatives             = brothers [[Harry Warner|Harry]], [[Albert Warner|Albert]], and [[Jack L. Warner]]
}}
'''Samuel Louis Warner''' (born '''Szmuel Wonsal''',<ref name="ccny.cuny.edu">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/Andrzej-Krakowski-Pens-Books-on-Poles-in-Early-Hollywood|title=CCNY Film Professor Pens Two Books While on Sabbatical|date=14 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5594424/?ref_=tt_ch|title=Pollywood (2020) |website=[[IMDb]]|date=July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bialczynski.pl/2016/04/22/wielcy-polacy-warner-bros-czyli-bracia-wytwornia-zostala-zalozona-przez-braci-warner-aaron-albert-szmul-sam-i-hirsz-harry-wonsal-oraz-jack-itzhak-wonsal/|title=Wielcy Polacy - Warner Bros czyli bracia Warner: Aaron (Albert), Szmul (Sam) i Hirsz (Harry) Wonsal oraz Jack (Itzhak) Wonsal - Białczyński|date=22 April 2016|access-date=16 November 2017}}</ref> August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American [[film producer]] who was the co-founder and [[Chief Executive Officer|chief executive officer]] of [[Warner Bros.]] He established the studio along with his brothers [[Harry Warner|Harry]], [[Albert Warner|Albert]], and [[Jack L. Warner]]. Sam Warner is credited with procuring the technology that enabled Warner Bros. to produce the film industry's first feature-length talking picture, ''[[The Jazz Singer]]''.<ref name="thomas52-62">Thomas (1990), pp. 52–62.</ref>  He died in 1927, on the day before the film's enormously successful premiere.<ref name="vindy-10-05-27">
{{cite news
  | title = Warner, Movie Magnate, Dies: Sam Warner, Former Youngstown Man, Rose from Obscurity to Leader in Field
  | work = The Youngstown Daily Vindicator
  | date = October 5, 1927
}}</ref>